Abstract

Much has been written about how GreatBritain remembers the events of World WarTwo. The prevailing tendency within Britishsociety is to focus on the positive aspects ofthe War to see the entire war as ‘Britain’sfinest hour’ This often minimizescontroversial aspects of the conflict, andthe diversity of experience across the restof the British Isles, in order to reinforcenotions of British unity. This has beendescribed by historians as the ‘Churchillparadigm’, which manifests itself not only inmental memory, but in collectiveexpressions of a society’s identity.